Mahga Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mahga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mahga (342) may also be a first name.
Mahga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻕ, Hindi: महगा) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Mahga occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Mahga live; 42 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Mahga is also the 472,030th most prevalent first name globally, held by 342 people.
The last name Mahga is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Guidimagha Region, where 25 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 25 percent are found and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 25 percent are found. Barring Mauritania Mahga is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 33 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahga in the Hindi language | ||
| महगा | mahaga | - |
| Mahga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻕ | maq | 75 |
| ﻣﺎﻗﻪ | maqh | 25 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mahga
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